The wife's dad owned a vintage (now) 38 foot chis-craft cruiser and was caught in a bad storm on Lake St Clair which is the smallest of the lake
system in the great lakes.

Anyways he was a good sailor and a deputy fire chief to boot as well, as the storm got worse and the waves picked up, the radio station started
playing the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and he just lost it as he told us.
Nobody else on board and everything up top got blown off.
He started crying and was ready to die.
Some extra information on this is that this guy was a paratrooper during WW2 and nothing spooked him.
His job in the war was to go in and find all and any boobie traps and disarm them.
Regards, Iwinder

When it starts churning, it is like a giant bowl of water that can spawn 30+ foot and MUCH bigger waves. I remember one year where it caused several
Iron ore boats to almost beach themselves right outside of the port of Duluth where I was living. It was throwing them like match sticks.

I felt that this thread needs a bump as its been a year already, hard to believe but true.
We have some wicked weather coming into the great Lakes region tomorrow and that got me thinking about this terrible event.

I pray all ships find a safe haven by nightfall tomorrow.
Regards, Iwinder

Here is a link I came across the other day and please do check out #13 on the list.
Lake Superior could engulf Scotland and still have room for more.
Now some of us know just how big it is and add into the mix the other Great Lakes and you have a inland sea of fresh but violent waters.

We reside right at the bottom of Lake Huron and let me tell you when we get a heavy north wind for a day or more the waves are huge. Especially so in
the cold weather its quite scary to watch and listen to.

Tis a great song to remind us of the power of mother nature at her worst... Gordon Lightfoot cemented the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald into the
minds and hearts of us all.

By the way old chap, how's that new fandangled robotic ticker of yours working out ?

Agreed, where I have lived all my life is on the St. Clair River at the base of Lake Huron, you could not go down to the river and miss the Mighty
Fitz when I was younger.
Every two or three days you would see her pass and she always gave a salute to all those on shore waving and taking pictures.
At this part of the river you can almost touch the ships and they either fly past with the current or chug much slower up river.
Here is a link with some nice photos to check out if your curious. www.mhsd.org...

Regards, Iwinder

On a side note my Bionic buddy :-) is still doing its job as in no issues since August that really count.

I'm not too overly familiar with the area you live other than the fact that I lived in both Paris and Brantford for a few years in my younger
teens... a hop, skip, and a jump from where you are. But I've never been as far south to see the basin area of Lake Huron. I just remember how
great the mild winters were down there in southern Ontario, compared to Manitoba winters where I've lived most of my life and still am now.

You're spitting distance to the United States where you are !

I also lived in Victoria, BC as a kid and remember going down to the ocean to watch all the big freighter ships go by... I thought they were the
coolest thing since sliced bread and was in awe of their massive size, especially when they'd blow their big horns.

I'm not too overly familiar with the area you live other than the fact that I lived in both Paris and Brantford for a few years in my younger
teens... a hop, skip, and a jump from where you are. But I've never been as far south to see the basin area of Lake Huron. I just remember how
great the mild winters were down there in southern Ontario, compared to Manitoba winters where I've lived most of my life and still am now.

You're spitting distance to the United States where you are !

I also lived in Victoria, BC as a kid and remember going down to the ocean to watch all the big freighter ships go by... I thought they were the
coolest thing since sliced bread and was in awe of their massive size, especially when they'd blow their big horns.

Yep we love it when we are down under the bridge for fries and a freighter comes along and salutes ......BIG HORN and we watch to see whom is a
tourist and whom is a local.
The tourists leave their shoes on the ground and fries all over the place for the pesky sea gulls.:-)

We have been to Brantford numerous times but not Paris. Brantford is a nice city and offers lots to do and see compared to our small city.

Yes we can spit (if the wind is correct) and hit the USA.......Good neighbours and good friends but we do question the government across the creek
from us.

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